Launch Class (after all the others)

This weekend, we participated in the Launch classes (12 hours).  This is typically the introduction prior to starting the content classes for foster parent training.  We initially met with the agency the day prior to the last launch, so had to wait for this one.   They allowed us to go ahead and attend the other classes, so we didn't have to wait until now to begin, and I am very glad.  I wish I would have had the energy to type a post right after the trainings.  At this point, I don't recall many of the specifics I would have liked to share, but will get them to share at some point.  The bottom line is this ... we are entering into missional foster care.  Our mission field is our own home.  Does this mean our goal is for religious conversions.  No.  Our goal is to love children and families because they are created by and in the image of our Lord.  We are not doing this for money (you'd have to have many, many kids and spend almost nothing on them to make money).  We are not doing this for status.  We are becoming a foster family because children and families need to be loved and this is what our Lord has for us to do.  This is our path to helping those in our community, and, as a result, helping our community itself.

Sometime, I'd love to share about the horrible history of foster care in America, and the beautiful picture of what it can be when people with a heart for the children and families come together to do this right.

Overwhelmed.

Grateful.

In Awe.

Blessed.